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CONTENTS. 



TRANSACTIONS 



I . — Miscellaneous. 



pages. 

 Akt. I. The Maori in Asia. By E. Tregear . . . . 3—24 



II. On the Stone Weapons of the Moriori and the 

 Maori. By Professor Julius von Haast, C.M.G., 

 Ph.D.,F.R.S. .. .. .. •• 24—30 



III. Notes on the Difference in Food Plants now used by 



Civilized Man as compared with those used in 

 Prehistoric Times. By W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. 30—37 



IV. The Building Timbers of Auckland. By Edward 



Bartley, Architect . . . . . . . . 37 — 41 



V. A Description of the New Volcano in the Friendly 

 Islands, near Tongatabu. By the Rev. S. W. 

 Baker, Premier of Tonga . . . . . . 41 — 46 



VI. The Maori Language, with Remarks on the Reform 

 of English Spelling. By James Coutts Craw- 

 ford, F.G.S. .. .. .. .. 46—58 



VII. The Non-Euclidian Geometry Vindicated: a Reply 



to Mr. Skey. By F. W. Frankland, F.I.A. . . 58—69 

 VIII. On a New Form of Seismograph. By F. Bull . . 69—71 



II. — Zoology. 



IX. On an Index - Collection for small Zoological 

 Museums, in the Form of a Genealogical Tree of 

 the Animal Kingdom. By T. Jeffery Parker, 

 B.Sc, Professor of Biology in the University of 

 Otago, and Curator of the University Museum 73 — 78 



X. Notes on a Skeleton of Notornis, recently acquired 

 by the Otago University Museum. By T. 

 Jeffery Parker, B.Sc, C.M.Z.S. .. .. 78—82 



XI. Remarks on the Feathers of two Species of Moa. 



By Taylor White .. .. .. .. 83—84 



XII. Notes on New Zealand Ornithology : Observations 

 on Pogonornis cincta (Dubus), Stitch-bird 

 {Tiora). By A. Reischek, F.L.S. .. .. 84—87 



XIII. Notes on New Zealand Ornithology : Observations 

 on Procellaria parkinsoni (Grey) ; Brown Petrel 

 (Taiko). By A. Reischek . . . . . . 87—90 



XIV. Observations on Gould's Petrel (Hutton), Procellaria 

 gouldi (Ohi), their Habits and Habitats. By A. 

 Reischek . . . . . . . . . . 90—91 



XV. Observations on Cook's Petrel (Grey), Procellaria 

 cooki {Ti Ti), their Habits and Habitats. By A. 

 Reischek .. ., .. ,. .. 92 — 93 



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